Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 7 (Light Novel)

I think this is one of the better Grimgar volumes yet. I always get concerned in these Isekai, when the world gets established, that they're just going to stagnate with internal conflicts and no actual adventure / discovery. Luckily, Grimgar is about characters who are always on the move for one reason or another.

In this chapter, our characters find themselves leaving the Dusk Realm for an even darker realm. The comfort and safety they felt traveling with Lala and her manservant dude are fleeting, and they're on their own again quickly.

This was definitely really depressing at times. It gets really existential, talking about death as an inevitability. The world established in this new region is very harsh too. There is a bit of talk about being paralyzed into staying in one place as well. It just feels like a very anxiety driven chapter. This particular story is all about Haru and his mindset, whereas other stories I think focused more on establishing other characters, even if Haru has been the lead.

I don't really know how to take some of the developments in this chapter. Things are left unresolved a bit character relationship wise, but resolved in terms of the over arching "adventure". There's good progress in this chapter towards something, though just teases of where they could be going with the story from here, and the end goal is still not quite clearly in sight (probably won't be until Haru and Souma are on equal footing / come back together). The next volume should be interesting.....

I really love this series because it, in my mind, captures what it is to be the average adventurer. No glitz no glamor no glory just humans trying and struggleing and only just getting by with their lives. This volume especially got the palpable near physical feeling of hopelessness of depression and the despair that comes with it.

I think this is possibly the best book yet in the series. The focus of the story changes dramatically but retains the same vibes of the first couple books. I liked this much more than the last two.

As always great Continuation of the story.. I really enjoyed this book and am really looking forward to the next one

This volume felt a bit different from the others. I have completely lost track of what’s the final purpose of the writer. Are they really getting better/stronger? He keeps saying it but I can’t really tell if new enemies are just that much stronger or they are just as worthless as ever.

Would really love a volume were they show there progress and how strong they have become. And not just running around and being saved like always.

this story is just to thrilling. Bring back the anime

This book managed to capture the feeling of the first few novels when haruhiro and his group first started off. I definitely enjoyed the revisit to focusing on his own party again.

Even though the twist in the story is good and continue going forward, the characters doesn't. More than half of the book is spent narrating over and over how low the self-esteem of the main character is, and how annoying is Ranta. This is the 7th installment of the series and honestly the main character hadn't advanced or improved at all. The secondary characters in this installment were more like NPCs without will or personality. Is a shame the author hadn't delve deeper into each one of them. It looks like the author wished to leave this book with a cliffhanger, but instead the end was a mess, totally incomprehensible.

Gotta say the fights within the groups can get a little tedious but the story of their lives marches on.